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...study suggests that women who take more than a year to conceive, even those who end up having babies the old-fashioned way, have a greater than normal risk of giving birth prematurely, having a baby with low birth weight or needing a caesarean section. This news comes from a large study--the first of its kind--published in Human Reproduction, of 56,000 women in Denmark. According to Dr. Olga Basso, the lead author, the chance of having a preterm baby was 7.4% for first-time mothers who took longer than a year to get pregnant--about 40% higher...
Your item about letrozole, the new drug for treating breast cancer, was accompanied by a photograph of a woman whose hand and arm were strategically placed across her bare breasts [Oct. 20]. In the same issue, a story on the development of a male birth-control drug had an illustration of a man's head. Do I detect a double standard here? Next time you do a story involving male sexuality or, say, prostate cancer, I suggest you include a photo of an artistically posed male nude covering his nether regions. Fair's fair. Karen Meyers Toledo, Ohio
...accepted fashion brand," says Steele. Among Jung's moves: introducing dozens of new products, including an antiaging skin-care line; starting an e-commerce website; and aggressively expanding overseas, especially in such emerging markets as Eastern Europe and Latin America. "A mother has to be healthy to birth a child," Jung says. "Our parent company has never been in better shape...
...would beg to differ. Abortion is never an easy choice, but that is the only absolute that can be applied to it. When a woman is not ready for motherhood, it should not be forced on her. Despite what some may think, abortion is not birth control for the lazy playgirl. It is not something women plan to have repeatedly because they haven’t bothered to get a prescription for the pill. Any time that a woman considers abortion it is because she is in a desperate situation. No one, even we who are pro-choice, would suggest...
...abortion. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, only one third of teenage mothers are likely to get high school diplomas, with only 1.5 percent graduating from college by the age of 30. Even if they choose to give their child up for adoption, women who give birth at a young age have a higher maternal death rate and are more susceptible to obesity and hypertension as adults than those who delayed motherhood even into their 20s. For women who do have abortions, according to Planned Parenthood, “serious, long term emotional problems are rare...